The Creation of World Poverty

Hayter, Teresa
Publisher:  Pluto Press, london, United Kingdom
Year First Published:  {12094 The Creation of World Poverty CREATION OF WORLD POVERTY Hayter, Teresa Pluto Press london United Kingdom Hayter challenges the assumption that the West is 'helping' the rest of the world to develop. Far from rescuing the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America from their supposed backwardness, the rich countries have accumulated vast wealth at their expense. 1981 1983 128pp BC12094-TheCreationOfWP.jpg B Book 330.16 - <br> <br> <br>Table of Contents <br> <br>Foreword <br>Introduction <br>Survival <br>Extremes of Poverty and Wealth <br>Conventional Explanations for Poverty <br>This Past is Not Irrelevant <br>The Europeans Get Ahead <br>Plunder and Loot <br>Plantations, Works and Slaves <br>Profits <br>Markets and the Destruction of Industries <br>Free Trade and Comparative Advantage <br>Hunger <br>Workers and Wages <br>Terms of Trade <br>Exports of Capital <br>Aid <br>Industrialisation <br>Repression and Foreign Support For It <br>Resistance <br>Socialism or Barbarism <br>Bibliography CX6234 1 false true false CX6234.htm [0xc000297260 0xc00052f2f0 0xc0024437a0 0xc0000ba600 0xc0000bb5c0 0xc0000ce8a0 0xc0000cff80 0xc000246ea0 0xc000564630 0xc000711e90 0xc0007311d0 0xc000bba4e0 0xc000e1f3b0 0xc000e44930 0xc000ea1a70 0xc000ec5a70 0xc00120ef60 0xc00126e0c0 0xc00053b710 0xc001bca270 0xc001bcac00 0xc001bcb8f0 0xc001d74000 0xc002c78ed0] Cx}
Year Published:  1983
Pages:  128pp     Dewey:  330.16
Resource Type:  Book
Cx Number:  CX6234

Hayter challenges the assumption that the West is 'helping' the rest of the world to develop. Far from rescuing the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America from their supposed backwardness, the rich countries have accumulated vast wealth at their expense.

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Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
Survival
Extremes of Poverty and Wealth
Conventional Explanations for Poverty
This Past is Not Irrelevant
The Europeans Get Ahead
Plunder and Loot
Plantations, Works and Slaves
Profits
Markets and the Destruction of Industries
Free Trade and Comparative Advantage
Hunger
Workers and Wages
Terms of Trade
Exports of Capital
Aid
Industrialisation
Repression and Foreign Support For It
Resistance
Socialism or Barbarism
Bibliography

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